Punjab vs Kolkata: Who will replace the injured Lockie Ferguson, know the strongest playing 11 of Punjab Kings
The Punjab Kings (PBKS), captained by Shreyas Iyer, are slated to play against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on their home ground, the New Punjab Cricket Association Stadium. This match will be special for Shreyas because he helped KKR becomes the champions under his captaincy last year and today he will face the same team. This match will be played today (15 April) from 7:30 pm IST (Indian Standard Time) onwards in New Chandigarh, Punjab.
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The home side will be forced to make changes in the playing 11 as their star bowler Ferguson (Lockie Ferguson) is out due to injury. James Hopes, the team's bowling coach has confirmed that the injury of the pacer is serious and it's looking difficult for him to recover by the end of the tournament.
At the same time, KKR is led by Ajinkya Rahane. Punjab has won 3 out of 5 matches, KKR has won 3 out of 6 matches. KKR is ahead of Punjab on the basis of net run rate. The defending champions are placed fifth in the points table and Punjab is at the sixth position.
Who will replace Lockie Ferguson?
PBKS' right-arm fast bowler Lockie Ferguson has been unfortunately ruled out of IPL 2025 due to injury. He got injured in his side's previous encounter versus 2016 winners Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), after which he was forced to leave field. In his place, skipper Shreyas Iyer can include Xavier Bartlett in the Starting 11.
Probable playing XI of PBKS against KKR
Shreyas Iyer (captain), Marco Jansen, Marcus Stoinis, Prabhsimran Singh (WK), Glenn Maxwell, Shashank Singh, Priyansh Arya, Arshdeep Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Xavier Bartlett and Yuzvendra Chahal.
Probable playing XI of KKR against PBKS
Quinton de Kock (wk), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ajinkya Rahane (Captain), Venkatesh Iyer (Vice-Captain), Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Moeen Ali, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy and Harshit Rana.
weather condition
Today it will be cloudy in Chandigarh but there is no chance of rain. The temperature during the match will be up to 30 degrees Celsius. Rain will not cause any disruption in the Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders match.